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15-427: It is 13.29 kilometres (8.26 mi) long – 8.836 kilometres (5.490 mi) over water and the bridge's 300-metre (980 ft) central span is 72 metres (236 ft) high in order to allow the passage of hundreds of ships entering and leaving the bay every month. At the time it was completed, the central span was the longest box girder in the world; it has since been surpassed by the 301-metre (988 ft) main span of

30-442: A 20-year concession until 1 June 2015 since when Ecoponte has managed the bridge. The concept dates to 1875, when a bridge-and-tunnel connection was envisioned between two cities separated by Guanabara Bay and connected by road only via inland journey of more than 100 kilometers (62 mi) through the city of Magé . In 1963, a working group was created to study a bridge-building project. On 29 December 1965, an executive committee

45-518: A Monday morning, with the official name of President Costa e Silva Bridge. "Rio-Niterói" started as a descriptive nickname that soon became better known than the official name. Today hardly anyone refers to it by its official name. In 2012 a bill was introduced to change its official name, President Costa e Silva Bridge - the second president of the Brazilian military dictatorship between 1964 and 1985 - to Herbert de Souza Bridge, which has annoyed

60-769: A pair of prestressed concrete box girder bridges over the Yangtze River in Chongqing , China . The bridges carries 8 lanes of traffic on Jiangnan Avenue between the Nan'an District south of the Yangtze River and the Yuzhong District to the north. Construction of the original bridge began in November 1977. The bridge cost RMB 64.68 million and was opened to traffic on the 1st of July 1980. The bridge

75-410: Is a cantilevered prestressed concrete box girder bridge using low density concrete, with a vertical clearance of 30 metres (98 ft). To achieve its record length for box girder construction, the hollow concrete box girders are 7 metres (23 ft) wide and taper from 15 metres (49 ft) inbox beam depth over the piers to 3.5 metres (11 ft) in the center of the span. To reduce its weight,

90-466: The Stolma Bridge (1998) and the 330-metre (1,080 ft) main span of the second Shibanpo Bridge (2006). It carries over 150,000 vehicles daily, which pay a toll only when entering Niterói of R$ 6.2 ( US$ 1.15) as of May 2024. It has 18 access points and eight overpasses. Officially, it is part of federal highway BR-101 . From 1 June 1995, it was under the management of Ponte S.A. under

105-507: The Brazilian military. Officially, 33 people died during the construction of the bridge. Unofficial estimates put the death toll in excess of 400. Some people suggested that workers were buried within the concrete, but engineer Bruno Contarini contested that by saying, "There wasn’t even concrete when one of the foundations toppled over during the load test and eight people died. If any bodies were not rescued, it’s because they disappeared in

120-611: The bay, not because they were buried in concrete ." In 1977, the famous Brazilian singer Maysa died in a car crash on the bridge. In 2011, the bridge was featured in the film Fast Five . The Puerto Rican bridge Teodoro Moscoso doubled for the bridge during the last moments of the film. Stolma Bridge The Stolma Bridge ( Norwegian : Stolmabrua ) is a road bridge over the Stolmasundet strait in Austevoll municipality, Vestland county, Norway . It connects

135-426: The bridge was constructed by a consortium of Brazilian companies led by Camargo Correa SA (for the concrete works) and by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company and Redpath Dorman Long in association with Montreal Engenharia of Brazil (for the steel navigation spans). On January 26, 1971, President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signed a decree taking control of the consortium. The bridge opened on 4 March 1974, on

150-696: The center of the main span is constructed of high-strength low-density concrete with a density of 1,940 kilograms per cubic metre (3,270 pounds per cubic yard). The short end spans which cantilever the main span are ballasted with gravel. This Vestland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a bridge in Norway is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge The Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge ( simplified Chinese : 石板坡长江大桥 ; traditional Chinese : 石板坡長江大橋 ; pinyin : Shíbǎnpō chángjiāng dàqiáo ) consists of

165-592: The islands of Stolmen and Selbjørn . The bridge is 467 metres (1,532 ft) long and has three spans, the largest of which is 301 metres (988 ft). The construction cost was US$ 15.3 million . The bridge was opened for traffic 14 November 1998 and is part of County Road 5138. The main span was the world's longest cantilever box-girder span until it was surpassed by the Shibanpo Second Yangtze River Bridge in China . The bridge

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180-565: Was formed to run the bridge-building program. President Artur da Costa e Silva signed a decree on 23 August 1968, authorizing the project for the bridge. The bridge program was run by Minister of Transport Mário Andreazza  [ pt ] . Construction began symbolically on 9 November 1968, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom on her only visit to Brazil. Actual work began in December 1968 Initially,

195-598: Was moved onto the new bridge and all four lanes of the original bridge were used for northbound traffic. The Suicide of Fat Cat occurred on April 11th, 2024, at 4:00 AM. A 21-year-old male gamer known as "Fat Cat" jumped off the Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge after breaking up with his girlfriend. The incident gained widespread media attention the following month and became hot news in Southeast Asian countries. This article about

210-399: Was sealed and was towed over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) upstream to Chongqing. Placement of the piers due to the close proximity to the existing bridge necessitated a longer span; the bridge's main span of 330 metres (1,080 ft) makes it the largest box girder bridge in the world, displacing the previous record holder, the Stolma Bridge . When the bridge was opened southbound traffic

225-542: Was the first road bridge over the Yangtze River in Chongqing. The bridge carried two lanes of traffic in each direction. In 2003 construction began on the second four lane bridge to the west of the existing bridge to meet growing traffic demands. The new bridge was completed in 2006 at a cost of approximately US$ 40 million. The main span of the new bridge was manufactured in the Wuchang District of Wuhan . It

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